The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-17

I0r COhpIlClty III tue 3AulutI " the po'sv
followed Immediately. A. Il, Parsons Tor
a timo escaped arrest, but tinaii1 sur
rendered himself. Tho Arbsiltr Z:itung,
the organ OF tho Anarchists, WAC sup.
pressed, and tho Anarchist dens over tho
city wore raided, Then followed the In.
dictment Of the eight for the murder Of
Officer Matthias ], Degan. IN
.if TIE TRIAL. gaa
In the courEe OF the trial tha history Of
the scciaiiRtic movement In the United
States and liz growth into anarchy Was
carefully gone over. Tho presence Of
bombs In The Arb.iIer Zei!ung Office, and
their manufacture by soms OF tho de-
iendantu, was clearly proved, rs wcso tho
iucendiary utteranceu by tho Anerchist
leaders Tor years before the riot. 1t Vas
ehown that tho "revengo" circular was
act up and printed In tho Office Of the An
aIchiat organ. The sensational points OF
the t1ill were tho testimony Of Andrew O.
johnson, q detective who had wormed
himself into the confidence oil the groups,
and OF Henry i, Gilmer, who swore to q
conversation between Spies and schwab
| In the alley just prior to tho throwing Of
tho bomb. The production OF the flags
and emblenH OF the groups was alao
dramatic feature Of this trial. '5
July 81 the State rested lis case, and
Captain Black at onco moved that the
| jury BIO instructed to bring in verdict Of
mot guilty" aa 10 Oscar Nssbc, as his
main connection with the plot had boon
shown to be merely With the distribution
Of 1.-The "Revepge" circulars. This the
count refused to do, and the deienas be-
gan. The principal points made were
that the meeting Of May was Il peacesble
Zone, and nothing had been done that
called for the interference OF the police;
that the direct Of any OF the dc.
fendantn with the throwing Of the bomb
had not been clearly proved, and that the
law OF conspiracy did not cover the CAGE.
A large number Of Witnesses, who gave
the other side Of tho riot, were examined,
concluding with tho defendants them.
selves. OF the latter Fieldan endesvored
to explain away much Of his incendiary
talk on the ground that 1t was fguratiye
and not literal. ue denied he had said
anything the night OF the riot to excite
the crowd TO overt acts In the "bloody
revolution" schwab denied absolutely
the statement Of Gjlmsr that he end Spieu
were together In tho alloy near Crane
Brothers ja5t before the bomb was
thrown. This Spies also denies. He &C.
knowledesd, however, writing the call for
the Haynsrket meeting, Flelden, schwab
and Spies made no denialof their belief
in anarchy and revolution by force, but
each claimed to be unaware that q bomb
wsa to be thrown that night. Fielden
characterized their belief With the torn
evolutionary revolution. n
The attorneys for the detonae wsro not
united In their manner OF defeuae. Foster,
who recently come from Iowa, deprecated
any slluaious to the fact tina. tho defend.
ants were Anarchists, holding that thei.
connection with such q society Was 10 ex-
cuse for crime, which Capt, Black and
Salomon & Zelsler tended to the bslief
that the Anarchists doctrines were O sort
Of pslliation for the eight men. As the
result Of this difference Of opinion Foster
left the case 40 soon as the trial ended.
As the case had progressed public inter-
est became intenee aud strained. It's uI-
paraleled length and dramatic Incidents
had prepared the public Tor It's end in the
death sentence OF the men on trial, and
when at length the jury, after trial con-
timing from July IL 10 Auguat 10, return
cd q verdict, II was the expected which
came. The closing Bpesches OF tho at
torneys carefully defined The whols ground
Of both the State and the defense, and
very little in oil the subsequent proceed.
inga hes been added to the cass Of either
side. The position OF the State wac, briefly,
that "when number Of persons ccnspils
together to do certain act, and SheR in
furtherauce OF that design someone is
killed, all those in the conspiracy arc
guilty Of murder before the fact" :.
The arguments OF tho Ansrchis.a' coun.
sci were Of no avail when Judge Gary laid
down the law OF conspiracy. III the de.
PENDANTS coaspired to overthrow the law"
the court said, "'Gud began WAS killed in
consequence, the parties are guilty, and It
is not ncceegary that any Of tho defend.
ants we've present at the killing. II there
was an anarchiatic conspiracy and the de.
lendents were parties to it, they are guilty
OF murder, though the date Of tho culni-
mutton Of the conspiracy gwss not fixed, II
any Of the defendents conspired 10 excite,
by advice, people to riot and murder, such
defendants are guilty, If such murder was
done in pursuance Of said conspiracy, the
imprac!icslness Of the aim Of The defen.
darts Is imMate,ial."' &c. IS l s. y
This definition Of conspiracy was sur.
price for the defense, who had believed
that the inability OF the State to prove the
direct connection Of tho eight men with
the bolnb.thrower would renult in All &C.
qnitta), and it was on this belief TINT a.
K. Pale0ns hao walked into court and
taken bis place with tho other men on
trial after the police had searched for him
In vain in every nook OF the country, and
1t 10 upon THU definition of conspiracy
that the legal war upon the verdict has
since been waSed. ss. el.sfsz.js-5 - tn
Tho jury retired at $50 o'clock, and
reached its verdict d. 10 o'clock in tho
evening. It YVES returned In deuseiy-
packed court room tho following morning.
The verdict found Spice, Schwsb, Fielder,
Palsone, Fischer, Engel and Lingg guilty
OF murder, and fixed a. Il - '-'i ~
THE PENALTY AT DEATH.
Neebe WAS given fifteen yenru in the peai.
Tertiary. The deienilsnto wore greatly
affected BY the sentence. This ended the
great trial. Hsg9 sss 81 5i-,7i!7l n
AS the date for the execution approach
ed the most streHuoU9 eIeftionE were put
forward by the socialists end anarchists
Ct the country to uaite trade un;ona and !
the knights of Labor in {; common csuse |
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